Category: Short Stories

A laugh a day keeps the doctor away

Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944· 2 chapters· 11,365 words

Two midgets, members of a traveling troupe, are waiting at the Atlanta station for a train to New Orleans. The train is due at midnight but it is late. The dwarfs go into the lunch room for a bite. One of them drinks two large cups of black coffee, then immediately begins to l...

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1. Part 1

Two midgets, members of a traveling troupe, are waiting at the Atlanta station for a train to New Orleans. The train is due at midnight but it is late. The dwarfs go into the lu...

2. Part 2

“I chose it ’cause it wuz de mos’ suitable one dey wuz. ’Bout de time he wuz bawn, I heerd one of de w’ite folks readin’ out of a book dat Morphine wuz de product of a wild poppy.